Private Cyril Arthur Gooding
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Gooding,
Cyril Arthur
Date of birth: 1897-10-30
Place of birth: Sheerness Kent England
Next of kin: W. J. Gooding; father; Cardston, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Address:
Cardston, Alberta
Religion: Latter Day Saint
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 736317
Highest Rank:
Private
(16th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Whilst taking part in an attack on Vimy Ridge, and shortly after leaving the front line trenches in the first advance he was killed by enemy shell fire
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1568460
LAC ID:
416805
Service file: B3602-S054
Uploader's Notes:
Son of William James and Ellen Sarah Ann West Gooding, of Cardston, Alberta.
Previous service - 6 years - Royal Naval Boys Brigade
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 113th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 17th Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-01-05